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Labour ready: Varsity Hyacks ready to work for this year’s Tailgate Auction are, from left: running back Angelo Tanjuaquio, offensive tackle Harper Sherman, quarterback Tommy Robertson and running back Julian Ramirez.

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Usually, when the Hyacks deck somebody, they take a while to get up. But this quartet of high school players will help you set up your very own Rose Bowl as part of the Hyack Football Tailgate Auction. Quarterback Tommy Robertson is among the four varsity players to volunteer their services for the auction package nicknamed “Hirea-Hyack” for this year’s football fundraiser. Robertson, offensive tackle Harper Sherman and running backs Angelo Tanjuaquio and Julian Ramirez provide the muscle in the “Details to the Deck and Yard Beautiful” live auction package. It also includes plants and shrubs from Mandeville Gardens, a three-piece patio set and a twohour landscaping consult with

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Hyack sets a ‘showdown’ meeting BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The ongoing Hyack power struggle has taken another recent twist with the two camps trying to kick one another out at an upcoming meeting of the membership. Countering notices were issued to members - one sent from the Hyack Festival Association board and one from Hyack president Gavin Palmer. The first one from the board calls for the removal of the hand-

ful of executives who fired former executive director Douglas Smith. It also calls for Hyack’s borrowing limit to increase from $25,000 to $100,000. The second notice (which Hyack board director Ron Unger said came out after the first notice) was sent by Gavin Palmer and calls for the removal of several Hyack board directors, including Unger. “Why do I want them kicked off the board, well, because they are not looking after their fiduciary duties as board mem-

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Hyack’s borrowing limit will be provided in the next few days, said Unger, who wasn’t aware of the second notice until after the board had called its special general meeting for Oct. 22. “We called a special meeting for the 22nd, the day that he (Palmer) specified. This was a board decision, so it was a board notice that went out. So he’s piggybacking his on this one,” Unger said. “I guess he and the past presidents

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Trucks prefer free ride on Pattullo City ponders possible truck ban on Pattullo to curtail trafﬁc in city BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The new Port Mann Bridge is takingitstollonNewWestminster’s traffic and livability. Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineering, said traffic counts done on Royal Avenue and McBride Boulevard near the Pattullo Bridge show that traffic volumes have increased since the tolls were introduced on the Port Mann Bridge last year, as motorists seek free routes. He said the city has seen a “fairly significant” increase of trucks on Royal Avenue since tolls were introduced on the new Port Mann Bridge. “The Pattullo Bridge was not designed to take these huge trucks that are rumbling over it now,” said Coun. Lorrie Williams. “Neither were our streets.” A staff report states that the average daily traffic volume on Royal Avenue has increased by 1,300 vehicles per day (a five per cent increase), and the heavy truck volume has increased by 360 trucks per day (a 63 per cent increase). Statistics were compiled from September to November 2012, and then between June and August 2013. Traffic counts on McBride Boulevard indicate the total daily traffic volume had increased by 3,400 vehicles per day (nine per cent) and the heavy truck traffic has risen by 45 trucks per day (10 per cent). All totaled, about 40,100 vehicles (including 495 heavy trucks) travel along this section of McBride daily. In addition to counts conducted by the city, staff also analyzed numbers from TransLink’s 24-hour

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No place for trucks?: Truck trafﬁc on the Pattullo Bridge, seen here during a weekend closure in the summertime, has increased dramatically since tolls were added to the Port Mann Bridge. counters on the Pattullo Bridge. Bridge continues to experience The city found that the total daily increased traffic volumes due to traffic volumes have increased by the diversionary effects of the Port 3,700 vehicles per day (five per Mann Bridge; approve an extencent) and heavy truck volumes sion of the current heavy truck have increased by 190 per day (10 prohibition on Royal Avenue to 24 hour hours (other than per cent) in the same for local deliveries); time frame. and establish regionIn response to the al tolling as a travel traffic findings, staff You can comment demand management has recommended on this story at measure for the Metro that council formally www.royalcityrecord.com Vancouver area as an request the province to immediate priority. immediately lower tolls Coun. Jaimie for heavy trucks on the McEvoy said New Port Mann Bridge to discourage the use of the Pattullo Westminster is “ground zero” Bridge as a free alternative. Staff among communities suffering the has also recommended that council consequences of poor transportaask TransLink to: ban heavy trucks tion planning. He knows of no on Pattullo Bridge, if the Pattullo other place where a bridge car-

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rying regional traffic lands in a residential neighbourhood. “It doesn’t make sense,” he said. “It is not working.” Coun. Bill Harper said the level of gridlock and ratrunners is “quite dramatic” and is affecting every neighbourhood in New Westminster. According to the staff report, the average daily traffic on the Pattullo Bride has increased to more than 70,000 vehicles per day since tolls took effect on the Port Mann Bridge Coun. Jonathan Cote said the traffic is having a “really negative impact” on New Westminster in terms of traffic congestion and livability. He said that New ◗Traffic Page 9

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really do like their party. So they are going to do everything they can to protect them,” he said. “Our role is official. I think it is still to be seen whether theirs is valid.” Unger recently wrote a letter to the editor calling for the divided party to split into two groups: one that runs the festivals and various events on behalf of Hyack, and another – the Palmer camp – that

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operates as a club and maintains traditions such as travelling to various festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest. The Hyack brouhaha began when Smith was fired on July 31. He was reinstated after the board at large voted to ask him back. Smith has since left the organization and said he planned to take legal action for his dismissal. As a result of Smith’s firing, the Hyack board also passed a

motion calling for the four executive members who wanted Smith fired – Palmer, treasurer Gloria Munro, vice-president Alan Wardle, and incoming president Nadine Proulx – to resign. But they refused to give up their seats. The call is now back to remove those members, minus Proulx, according to the notice. The City of New Westminster provides the Hyack Festival Association with funding to orga-

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nize events on the city’s behalf, including the Hyack Festival and the Santa Claus Parade of Lights. Hyack members also travel with the group’s float and represent the city at parades in the Pacific Northwest and B.C. In recent years, the city has given Hyack Festival Association more than $150,000 in funding and in-kind services annually to organize events on the city’s behalf. www.twitter.com/nikimhope

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Auction: Hawaiian holiday, cruise and more up for bids

Nov. 1 game between the B.C. Lions and the Calgary Stampeders, which includes a sideline visit with general manager Wally Buono. “The Hyack Football River Market auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year and is a major part of what makes our program special,” Lalji said. “This event allows us to give the student-athletes of our community the best and allows everyone to take part.” Tickets are $70 each or $500 for a table of eight. All proceeds go directly to the Hyacks football program to pay for equipment, training and ensuring that every child, regardless of their financial situation, gets to play football. The auction supports both the New Westminster Secondary School varsity and junior varsity teams (ages 14 to 18) and the Royal City Hyacks Football Club for boys and girls aged five to 13. There is a website with more information on the auction at www.hyackfootball tailgateauction.com.

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master horticulturalist and designer Claude LeDoux. “If these kids work half as hard for you as they do for us, you will get your money’s worth and then some,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji. “The auction is always a very fun event enjoyed by all, and our committee has done a fabulous job to make sure this is the best one ever.” The 11th annual Hyack Football Tailgate Auction sponsored by River Market at Westminster Quay will take place Oct. 26 at La Perla Ballroom at the Quay. This year’s fundraiser features a wine tasting reception hosted by Pacific Breeze Winery, live music and an appearance by B.C. Lions “Felions” cheerleaders as part of a salute to the Leo’s 60th anniversary. Prizes on the auction block include a Hawaiian holiday donated by Westland Insurance and a Caribbean cruise donated by Odenza Carnival Cruise. There are also draws for prizes like tickets to the

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health and safety concerns relating production. Coun. Bill Harper expressed con- to the production of marijuana in pricern about restricting the growing of vate dwellings.” Although it has yet to be determedical marijuana to the P-8 zone, as BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER it could be contrary to the spirit of a mined how the new system of comtmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com mercial production will work, the Supreme Court ruling on the matter. As proposed, he said the city is staff report noted that production New Westminster city councillors making it “almost impossible for any- of marijuana is currently permitted aren’t high on plans to grow medical one to have an enterprise” in New on a limited number of sites in New marijuana in the Queen’s Park green- Westminster. Westminster. house. “This report weights New Westminster Police Council has tabled a report that Chief Const. Dave Jones the pros and cons of perYou can comment recommends allowing B.C. bud to said concerns have been mitting the growing of on this story at bloom in the P-8 public works, enter- raised about risks associatmarijuana for medical purwww.royalcityrecord.com tainment and utility district. poses on a broader, more ed with the growth of mari“I don’t think we are going to have juana at grow operations permissive basis and conanybody set up in a P-8,” said Coun. in residences and commercludes that, at this time, Betty McIntosh. the concerns outweigh the cial proprieties, “It (P-8) is the city’s greenincluding mould and elec- possible benefit,” stated the report. house.” “It is therefore recommended that the trical issues. Barry Waitt, a senior “The current system growing of marijuana only be permitplanner with the city, said it does not require produc- ted in the P-8 public works, entertainis a “cautious approach” as tion operations to demon- ment and utility district.” there is a possibility someCouncil tabled the report, and will strate compliance with zonone could apply to the city ing, or building and safety consider the issue at a future meetto rezone a property to P-8. regulations,” noted the staff ing. The staff report was in McIntosh said she’d like to see report. response to changes in the “This poses building safe- medical marijuana distributed in the federal Marijuana Medical Betty McIntosh ty concerns and community same way that methadone is hanAccess regulations. safety risks associated with dled. councillor The federal government “People who need medicinal crops being stolen and the is changing the regulations regard- involvement of organized crime. marijuana should have it dispensed ing the production of and access to “The government has indicated through the pharmacy,” she said. marijuana for medical purposes, with that a motivating factor to change the “The College of Pharmacists won’t the new system moving away from system was concerns raised by muni- get into it. That is a problem.” the production of marijuana by indi- cipalities and first responders, such viduals to larger, commercial-scale as fire and police, regarding public www.twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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Who didn’t see this coming down the road? So, tolls are put on the Port Mann planning. A staff report states that the Bridge, and truckers take the free route average daily traffic volume on Royal over the Pattullo Bridge instead. You Avenue has increased by 1,300 vehicles don’t have to be a traffic analyst to have per day (a five-per cent increase), and predicted that outcome. the heavy truck volume has increased by 360 trucks per But how can you fix it? And, perhaps, more importday (a 63-per cent increase). THE RECORD Anyone who has had to drive antly, who has the power and across the Pattullo Bridge on will to fix it, and will they? a dark, rainy morning watching as a As city councillor Jaimie McEvoy semi-trailer’s tires creep over the white said, New Westminster is ‘ground zero’ line, knows just how scary that bridge among communities suffering the can be. consequences of poor transportation

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City staff have recommended that council formally request the province to immediately lower tolls for heavy trucks on the Port Mann Bridge as an incentive for trucks to move back to that bridge. They’ve also recommended that council ask TransLink to ban heavy trucks on the Pattullo if there’s no decrease, approve an extension of the heavy truck prohibition on Royal Avenue to 24 hours (other than for local deliveries) and look at regional tolling. These are all good measures. And

we suggest that time is of the essence. More large trucks rumbling through neighbourhood streets is a recipe for disaster. New Westminster was never intended as a substitute route for heavy trucks. The streets are narrow, and not built for large amounts of traffic. One only has to stand at the corner of McBride Boulevard and Eighth Avenue in the morning rush hour to see the amount (and speed) of trucks barrelling through the city. Just make sure you stand far from the curb.

‘Ethnic politics’ still a murky issue IN THE HOUSE

KEITH BALDREY

he sensitive and sometimes murky world of so-called “ethnic politics” continues to engulf both of B.C.’s major political parties. It’s been that way for more than a couple of years now, ever since both parties found themselves plunged into leadership races that involved mass membership sign-ups in ethnic communities. The NDP, about to search for another leader, may be headed into another controversy involving those same mass sign-ups. The B.C. Liberal government, meanwhile, finds itself dogged by a controversy involving ethnic communities it thought had disappeared once and for all. The so-called “ethnic memo” controversy was big news before the May election. This involved government staff doing party work (making contacts in ethnic communities, compiling information such as membership lists etc.) while on the taxpayer dime. Now the RCMP is investigating the matter after NDP leader Adrian Dix went to the police with information that he says may indicate some aspects of the Election Act had been violated

through these activities. Now, as someone who was part of a giant media groupthink that saw the ethnic memo scandal as being a much bigger deal than the voters ultimately considered it to be at election time, I’m reluctant to predict the RCMP investigation will lead to anything substantial. In fact, anything short of implicating an elected official (as opposed to now-departed political staffers) in illegal activities is unlikely to inflict much political damage on the B.C. Liberals. Still, no government likes to have the RCMP rummaging around its dirty laundry. Nevertheless, the whole thing is yet another reminder of just how beholden our two parties are to the interests of ethnic communities, and how courting their votes has become of paramount importance to them. In the last election campaign, for example, the B.C. Liberals strove to have a major presence in Chinese-Canadian media through heavy advertising. That strategy appeared to pay off, as the party held at least two seats (Burnaby North and Vancouver-Fraserview) with a heavy Chinese-Canadian population it might otherwise have lost. But while the B.C. Liberals watch that RCMP investigation with some nervousness (which is unlikely to disappear anytime soon, as these types of probes tend to be lengthy ones) the

Put me in the plaid coat camp

Dear Editor:

“I want a Hyack that represents New Westminster in a modern, meaningful way,” and I want a unicorn that farts rainbows and sh**s gold nuggets. Patrick Johnstone did a fabulous job producing Hyack, one of his recent blog topics. I read, then reread his Coles notes version of the Hyack fiasco with great interest. He was careful not to stir the proverbial pot, but that is exactly what’s happening with Hyack. In my opinion Hyack should remain steeped in tradition. Put me in the plaid coat camp. Attempts to modernize Hyack should be resisted. The contingent that suggests the latter increasingly pisses me off. They seem to envision a loosely organized, ever-changing community network. I’ve lived in New Westminster for 47 of my 48 ◗Politics Page 7

years, I’m not part of the community. I’m a resident. “Community” suggests that we all agree and get along. We don’t. I’ve always felt like Hyack was my hometown’s last bastion of Anglo-Saxon conservative history. The last 40 years of socialism are a mere blip on our city’s historical radar. It appears that Hyack is under attack. The NextNW, “how to win friends and influence people” types have an agenda. The problem? It isn’t mine. I hope Hyack finds the strength to admit who they really are. I hope the old guard stands firm and rebuts this infiltration. Plaid coats won’t be in style 100 years from now, either, but the values the wearers of those coats impart on the city will be. Brad Porcellato, New Westminster

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Rail meeting a success

Dear Editor:

On Oct. 3, Peter Julian, our MP, hosted a townhall meeting that covered a broad range of railways issues in New Westminster. Also in attendance were Judy Darcy, our MLA; Mayor Wayne Wright; Coun. Chuck Puchmayr, railway community advisory panel representative; fire chief Tim Armstrong; and myself, Brian Allen, railway noise chair for the Quayside Community Board. This was a very positive and collaborative meeting. Although it was held on about 24 hours’ notice, about 90 to 100 people were in attendance, and all of our civic leaders were able to make arrangements to attend this event on very short notice. On behalf of the Quayside community and the board, I thank them all for their concern and for taking the time out of their busy schedules . Among the many issues that were covered included: unreasonable noise in the rail yard, the storage and staging of hazardous goods, the possibility of relocating the rail yard, train whistles in the rail yard and at rail crossings throughout the city, idling locomotive engines, garbage in the rail yard, broken fences, the rail horn event of Sept. 12 and several other items. After five years of working on several

of these issues the Quayside Community Board has done all that they can on their own. I asked each of the participants to take a leadership role in their respective areas of responsibility and do what they can to address these many issues. Each of the participants committed to doing what they can to address the many railway issues that plague our community, and they reviewed what they have accomplished thus far. I have personally offered my assistance as a community volunteer to each and every one of them. I also asked the public to report any railway complaints they may have to railnoise@ quaysideboard.com. I have also asked Peter Julian to organize another railway town hall in January 2014 and to invite each of the participants so they can report on what they have accomplished in addressing these items in the next three months. In addition, I have also extended an invitation personally to each of the participants to attend a possible railway town hall in January. With the lead time of several months, I would expect that all of our public leaders will be able to attend another meeting in January 2014, and there should be a much stronger public turnout to hear what they have accomplished in the next three months. Brian Allen, rail noise committee chair, Quayside Community Board

Politics: ‘Ethnic voting’ still a big issue ◗ continued from page 6

NDP is about to revisit the sensitivities wrapped around the party’s relationship with ethnic communities. The reform-minded Forward B.C. NDP faction wants to limit membership sign-ups for the leadership race to 10 people a week per person, according to the Georgia Straight newspaper. This would prevent what happened in the last leadership races for both parties. At that time, candidates or their representatives went into places like Surrey, Delta and south Vancouver and engaged in mass signups in places like religious temples and churches. The result is it can be argued that a relatively small geographic region dictated the outcome of both races, and that both Adrian Dix and Christy Clark owed their leadership victories to this practice. Candidates from outside the Lower Mainland

– notably John Horgan of the NDP and George Abbott of the B.C. Liberals – were penalized by the mass sign-ups and were effectively frozen out of the selection process. There will be a predictable push-back from various ethnic communities to Forward B.C. NDP’s proposal. They will argue, with some justification, that the members of their communities should not be limited in their potential participation in a democratic process. Both sides in this debate have meritorious arguments. Nevertheless, it may be time for political parties to abandon the idea of giving every party member a vote in a leadership race and return to the days of convention delegates determining the winner of that race. While membership signups can inject some interest (and money) into a party leadership race, so too can a leadership convention, which carries with it several days of high

drama (potentially) and often an exciting outcome. A delegated convention would also ensure no particular region or community (ethnic or otherwise) has power disproportionate to their size when it comes to determining who the major political leaders are in this province. Unfortunately, I don’t see much evidence that either the NDP or the B.C. Liberals want to go back to the days of electing delegates to a leadership convention. This means the NDP faces an interesting dilemma: put the brakes on mass membership signups, or allow a relatively small geographic region play a dominant role in choosing the party’s next leader. Ethnic politics is never far away from political parties these days, and both the B.C. Liberals and the NDP are about to be reminded of that. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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THE RECORD STORY: “New Westminster’s Citizen of the Year no longer needs to be a citizen of the city” – Oct. 4

Twitter I @deehaugo: I would prefer to see “Citizen of the Year” be a citizen, but certainly recognize others who contribute to #newwest Twitter I @BarbAdamski: That seems really silly. Do we not have enough qualiﬁed people in #NewWest? #citizenoftheyear

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Citizen of the Year nominees doesn’t live in New Westminster, Suess went to the chamber of commerce to get some answers. The chamber confirmed that the criteria A former New Westminster Citizen of the Year is concerned a “horrific boo boo” had been recently changed and Citizen of has been made in changing the criteria for the Year nominees no longer have to live in New Westminster. the annual award. The chamber of commerce president and The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce recently announced the nom- executive director didn’t return calls to The inees for the Platinum Awards, which Record by deadline. Suess told The Record she’s include the Citizen of the Year, “not one to stir up anything” but the Bernie Legge Cultural Award, is dismayed that the community the Junior Citizen of the Year and wasn’t informed of changes to a number of business awards. You can comment the award criteria. She noted the “I am sure that all the people on this story at www.royalcityrecord.com New Westminster Chamber of who have been nominated as Commerce website continues to Citizen of the Year are worthy state that one of the criteria for of the nomination, but up to this the Citizen of the Year is to be a date, I was under the impression it was restricted to people who are residing New Westminster resident. The Platinum Awards, a celebration of in New Westminster,” said longtime New Westminster resident Gerda Suess. “I have business and community excellence in New Westminster, will be given out at a gala learned otherwise.” Suess, the city’s 2003 Citizen of the Year, dinner on Nov. 21 at La Perla Ballroom at was astonished to learn Oct. 4 that Citizen River Market. Awards will be given out for: Citizen of of the Year nominees no longer have to be the Year; Junior Citizen of the Year; Bernie citizens of New Westminster. Although one of her primary school Legge Cultural Award; Diversity Excellence teachers once wrote in her report card that in Business; Marketer of the Year; Customer “Gerda tries to avoid conflict” at all costs, Services Excellence; Not-for-Profit of the she felt compelled to speak out on the mat- Year; New Business of the Year; Corporate Community Spirit; and Business of the ter. “The boo boo is we were not informed Year. Nominees for Citizen of the Year are that there were changes made to the criteria,” she told The Record. “That is mislead- Patrick Johnstone, Scott McAlpine, Yasser Elmasri and Douglas Smith, who has been ing.” Upon hearing that at least one of the embroiled in controversy at the Hyack tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

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Speaking out: Gerda Suess, the 2003 Citizen of the Year, is concerned about changes that allow non-residents of the city to be named Citizen of the Year. Festival Association. “It could be,” Suess said, when asked if concerns are related to Smith’s nomination. “I cannot speak for other people – to me it makes no difference. As for Citizen of the Year for New Westminster, up until today I thought the criteria hadn’t changed.” Suess has received phone calls and emails from other citizens concerned about

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Trafﬁc: ‘Spider web’ throughout city Coun. Betty McIntosh said there’s gridlock throughout the city every rush hour, including East Sixth Avenue, East Eighth Avenue and East 10th Avenue. “It’s a spider web now of where traffic is going,” she said. Coun. Chuck Puchmayr has repeatedly voiced concerns about a 14-kilometre “detour” that forces trucks travelling on South Fraser Perimeter Road to go to 176th Street in order to access the new Port Mann Bridge. Without a proper connection to the Port Mann Bridge, he doesn’t believe lower tolls on the Port Mann Bridge will be enough to convince truckers to take the Port Mann. “It sounds great,” he said about removing trucks from the Pattullo Bridge. “Without having somewhere else for the trucks to go, it would create havoc.” www.twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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Westminster is getting the brunt of “significant through traffic” that’s the result of haphazard transportation policies. Cote said traffic that is best fit for the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 is being diverted to local roads that can’t handle the capacity. He suggested the city invite the province’s transportation minister to come to New Westminster to discuss the issue, “maybe in rush hour, but I do want the person to arrive.” Council also approved Cote’s motion to explore tolling on the existing Pattullo Bridge. Although a replacement is being considered for the Pattullo Bridge, he said that’s not going to happen for about 10 years and tolls could help fund interim work that’s expected to cost about $300 million.

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Waack leaves legacy in music education BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A man who made his mark in education and performing arts has passed away at the age of 85. Henry Waack moved to New Westminster in 1970, where he was a founding member of Douglas College. “He was there at the very beginning of the music program in 1970,” said Bob Caldwell, coordinator of the Community Music School and a member of the college’s faculty of music. “They

worked out of a little church hall. There wasn’t even property at that time.” Prior to moving to New Westminster in 1970, Waack taught in Alberta, played semipro baseball and hockey, and was a provincially ranked tennis player. In Alberta, he produced many musicals, was a music critic for the Lethbridge Herald and played in the Jasper Park Lodge orchestra for seven seasons in the early 1960s – a place where he met celebrities like Bing Crosby. “He’d tell stories about all sorts

of stars,” Caldwell said. piano. He was very con“Some would be perfident playing jazz and forming, some would be pop.” passing through.” Through his career, Waack studied piano Waack was musical with many leading director for more than Canadian, American 75 musicals. He retired and European teachers. in 1993 but continued He also made an impact teaching part-time at the with the thousands college for another five of students he taught years. He continued to Henry Waack through his career. teach privately until four “He was a great teach- musician months ago – marking er,” said Caldwell, who 71 years of teaching. had Waack as an instructor in the In 1992, Waack established a 1970s. “He taught piano, classical musical scholarship at Douglas

College that disperses $1,000 annually to Douglas College music students. Every five years, he held a concert to raise funds for the scholarship, the most recent being for his 85th birthday. A funeral will be held on Friday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 710 Sixth St. In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to the Henry Waack Scholarship Fund (in care of the Douglas College Foundation, David Lam Campus, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7X3).

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Peaceful: Liv-Anita Dahl enjoys the sunshine while she sits on Capt. Gilbert Slater’s bench in Westminster Pier Park.

Bench dedications honour family BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

While some communities outside the Lower Mainland have begun limiting the number of memorial benches available, New Westminster’s bench dedication program still has plenty left throughout the city. Bench dedications, or memorial benches, are available to purchase through the city’s parks, culture and recreation department. The program has a variety of bench styles in locations across the city, including Queensborough, for people looking to honour someone special. For New Westminster native Sherry Martin, she always knew she’d one day dedicate a bench, or two, in memory of her parents. “I think anybody who has done something, and if a family has enough respect and love for a parent, I think this is a won-

derful way to honour them,” she said. This summer, Martin arranged for two bench dedications, one in honour of her mother Dolly Slater, and the other in honour of her father, Capt. Gilbert “Gill” Slater. “My mother, her bench is in Sapperton, and now dad’s is down at the wharf, of course,” she said. Her father was the founder and owner of Royal City Towing until he sold the company in 1960, which housed the company’s towboats down at dock two, the current location of the Inn at the Quay. “Dad had never asked for much in his whole lifetime, but one thing he always wanted, was to have his ashes put on Dock 2 and … always said that was the only thing he wanted,” she said. In June, Martin and her family took her father’s ashes and honoured his wishes in a unique way. They dedicated a bench to his memory in Westminster Pier Park.

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Remembered: Capt. Gilbert Slater’s memory will live on thanks to a bench his children dedicated in his honour at Westminster Pier Park. As for her mother, Martin had her memory immortalized on a bench in Sapperton.

“Mom, she always had fond memories of Sapperton. When I was born, we lived on Elmer Street and it was all self-contained with little shops and so forth,” she said. When Martin found out there was one bench left in Sapperton, she immediately bought it in honour of her mother. “I think it’s wonderful. It brings closeness to people,” she said. When Martin, who moved to Palo Alto, California with her husband, comes home to New Westminster each year, she loves to wander the city and check out the dedications on benches. “I say ‘Oh, I knew that person,’ and it brings back memories of why you may have known that person,” she said. “I just think it’s a wonderful idea.” For more information on the program, visit www.newwestpcr.ca/parks and click on Bench Dedications or call 604-5274567. www.twitter.com/cayleydobie

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will give everyone a chance to share their own dark, eerie, spooky, mysterious poetry or work by the “dead poet” of your choice. There will even be a costume contest with prizes. See www.poeticjustice. ca to stay on top of all the fun.

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Film lovers will want to mark Oct. 23 to 25 on their calendars. That’s when the third New West Doc Fest is taking place at the Landmark Cinemas at New Westminster SkyTrain station. Here are some highlights from the lineup, from the festival’s website: # Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m.: The Legend of Sarila is an animated film telling the story of an encampment of Inuit nomads threatened by famine, and

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◗ ROYAL CITY BUILDERS’ AWARDS

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◗ EVENTS

Halloween hijinks in the city’s past

What did Halloween mean in the city’s past? Historian Archie Miller will be taking a look at that question at the next New Westminster Historical Society meeting, Oct. 16. Miller will be taking a look back at what Halloween meant to city residents years ago and the various activities and hijinks that were part of early New Westminster Halloweens. A press release notes that the day was colourful and fraught with major pranks, some of which were potentially serious. For the many partygoers and costume-clad participants, it was also a time of great excitement. Much of the Halloween information for this presentation is from the collection of Carol McMeekin, a longtime Sapperton resident. The presentation will be held at the Historical Society on Wednesday, Oct. 16 starting at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave. The program is free and everyone is welcome. There is no need to pre-register.

A24 • Wednesday, October 9, 2013 • The Record

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New Westminster will be doing business with several other municipalities through the West Inter-Municipal Business Licence agreement. The cities of New Westminster, Burnaby, Delta, Richmond, Surrey and Vancouver have adopted a common bylaw allowing businesses to purchase an inter-municipal business licence (or a mobile business licence) for specified trades. The licence is designed to reduce red tape by allowing mobile businesses to operate in more than one municipality by purchasing only one licence, instead of obtaining a non-resident’s licence in each municipality in which they operate. “We’re pleased to be partnering with our neighbours on the new inter-municipal business licence program,” said New Westminster Mayor Wayne Wright in a

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◗ IN THE GAME SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

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Weekly award for career best St. Thomas More ing more than 12 yards per Collegiate grad Jon Cornish carry. He also caught two had a career night rush- passes for 24 total yards. Cornish, a non-import, ing to lead the first-place Calgary Stampeders to a currently leads the CFL in rushing with 1,415 total 38-11 win over Winnipeg. The former B.C. high yards. Second-year pro Kory school player of the year rushed for a personal-best Sheets of Saskatchewan is 208 yards on 17 carries and second overall with 1,302 two touchdowns, includ- yards. Cornish is just 43 yards ing a 50-yard TD run up the middle that gave the away from breaking his Western Division leaders an own record for most rushearly 10-0 advantage over ing yards in a season by a Canadian. the Blue Bombers in Last year, a CFL matchup last To watch a video scan Cornish led the Saturday. with league in rushing in The feat garhis first season as nered the New a starting running Westminster prodback, setting a new uct the league’s CFL season rushoffensive player of the week for a second time ing record for a non-import this season. He also earned with 1,457 yards, breaking the top Canadian player Normie Kwong’s 56-yearof the week award for a old mark. The University of Kansas fourth time. Cornish is the first grad was also named the Stampeder running back CFL’s top offensive playto rush for more than 200 er in week 7 and the top yards in a single game Canadian player on three since Willie Burden back other occasions. It is the 18th time in 1975. It was also the sixth-best rushing total in Cornish has won the weekly top Canadian award in Stampeders’ history. The second-year starter his career. He was also named has recorded six 100-yard games this season and has Canadian player of the seven games of 150 yards month in both July and or more in his seven-year September. In 2012, Cornish was pro career. In Saturday’s win, named the league’s top Cornish scored a second Canadian and was also major in the opening half the runner-up for the most outstanding player in the from seven yards out. Cornish had 113 yards CFL. in the first half of play and Twitter @ThomasBerridge finished the day, averag-

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Player of the week: New Westminster’s Jon Cornish rushed for a career-high 208 yards to earn top offensive and Canadian player of the week in the CFL.

City Track runs well at Bear Creek Royal City Track’s Grace Fetherston-Haugh led nine of 13 club runners into the top 8 in a recent junior development cross-country meet at Bear Creek Park in Surrey. Fetherston-Haugh won the 13-year-old girls’ threekilometre race. Sara Forgie placed fourth in her first race of the season. Emily Chilton also medalled, finishing third in the 14-year-old girls’ 4km race. Shea Janke also placed third in the 12-year-old boys’ 3km. Ian Hunter and Emmanuel Dadson finished fifth and seventh, respectively, among 13year-old boys. Other top 8 finishers included sisters Elizabeth Bowles, 11, and nine-yearold Emily and Milena Kalisch, who was eighth in the 10-year-old division. Also finishing in the top 20 for the New Westminster club were Kate Bowles, Grace Hodges, Jeremy Belcher and Lauryn Savela, who placed 20th in her first-ever race in the girls’ 11-year-old division.

Hyacks show Highlanders the high road

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The New Westminster Hyacks scored three times in the second quarter and went on to post a 276 win over the West Vancouver Highlanders in B.C. high school varsity football last week. The Hyacks turned a pair of interceptions by defensive backs Angelo Tanjuaquio and Tristan Sands into scores and broke a 6-6 first-quarter deadlock with a nine-play 64-yard drive to hand their West division rival its third straight loss this season at Mercer Stadium last Friday. Senior quarterback Tommy Robertson engineered all three drives, scoring twice on short runs, while also handing off to Julian Ramirez for a fourth touchdown in the final minutes of the first half to give the home team all the points it needed to post its second straight win this season.

Tweedsmuir opened with a eight pass attempts for 64 total bang, taking the ball from the yards. Matt Seymour and Gurveer opening kickoff and driving the ball into the end zone, helped out Dhaliwal were Robertson’s main by three Hyack penalties, includ- targets, with two receptions apiece. ing an unsportsmanlike call. Wayne Palmer kicked But Jeremy Stewart ran the ensuing kickoff back To watch a all three New West con40 yards, giving the home video scan versions in the pivotal secwith ond quarter. team good field position “We got a good push on the West Van 43 yard up front, and we tackled line to start its first drive. well in the secondary,” Robertson did the rest, said Hyack head coach mixing up the run and pass and garnering three first Farhan Lalji. The coach also singled out downs before Tanjuaquio scampered into the end zone from 10 linebackers James Nicholas and yards out to tie the contest 6-6 Bogdan Pavel for their outside containment, but the team’s overwith 3:45 left in the first quarter. Tanjauquio led the Hyacks in all tackling was a high point, said rushing with 85 yards on 10 car- Lalji. “It’s been our biggest improveries. He also led the team with two interceptions and in tackles ment,” he said. “I was impressed with how with seven from his defensive West Van played V.C. last week. back position. Robertson ran for a total of 32 yards, while completing five of ◗Hyacks Page 26

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Through the gap: New Westminster running back Angelo Tanjuaquio, No. 10, led the team in rushing with 85 yards and two touchdowns.

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◗ FIGURE SKATING

Dancers medal at Grand Prix B.C. Centre of Excellence skaters continued to shine on the international stage. National junior ice dance champions Zhao Kai Pang of Burnaby and his partner, Madeline Edwards, finished on the podium for a second straight time in a junior Grand Prix event. This weekend, the pair finished third in the junior ice dance in the Czech Republic following secondplace scores in both the short and free programs. Pang and Edwards garnered a total score of 133.39, just a point behind American runnersup Rachel and Michael Parsons and less than two points shy of overall winner Betina Popova and Yuri Vlasenko of Russia, who were fourth heading into the long skate. Last month, Pang and Edwards placed second in their first Grand Prix event this season in Mexico. Danielle Wu and Spencer Soo of Burnaby also finished in fifth spot in the junior ice dance in the Czech Republic with an overall score of 127.78. Another Burnaby ice dance team, Timothy Lum and Brianna Delmaestro, also placed fifth in an ear-

lier Grand Prix event in Poland. Last month, Simon Fraser University student Jeremy Ten placed third at the Nebelhorn Trophy senior men’s figure skating competition in Obertsdorf, Germany on Sept. 28. Ten was third after the short program, finishing the long skate with a 205.56 score behind overall winner Nobunari Oda of Japan and Jason Brown of the U.S. “This is quite exciting,” said the 24-year-old Ten in a Skate Canada press release. “I’ve worked really hard over the summer, and it’s great to finally see it pay off this early in the season. Today I wasn’t at my best, so I know there’s a lot of room to grow.” Ten, who finished in eighth place at last season’s national championships, is vying for one of Canada’s three available spots at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. “This off-season, I just needed to have a reset and re-evaluate where I was in my career. … I remembered the reasons I was skating and fell back in love with the sport.” – Tom Berridge

We protected the ball well, we blocked well and Tommy (Robertson) threw the ball well. “I’m happy with the game when you think of where we’ve been the last two years. I’m enjoying being at 5-1.” This Saturday, New West travels to O’Hagen Field to take on the 1-2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish. Game time is 1:30 p.m.

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Ilija Gajic and younger brother Alex are headed back to Burnaby following a three-player trade in the Western Lacrosse Association. The two former Burnaby Laker junior stars were dealt by the New Westminster Salmonbellies to the senior A Lakers for righthander Colton Clark and draft picks last Wednesday. In the deal, Burnaby also gave up its 12th overall pick in the second round in 2014 in return for New West’s third-round pick.

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